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YOUR  JOB  LIES  BEYOND 


YOUR  JOB 
BACK  HOME 


A  BOOK  FOR 
MEN  LEAVING  THE  SERVICE 


LIBRARY  WAR    SERVICE 

OF  THE 

AMERICAN   LIBRARY    ASSOCIATION 

WASHINGTON,  1919 


v\X 


Copyright,  1919 

by 

AMERICAN    LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION 

The  free  use  of  text  or  plates  herein,  not  otherwise  copyrighted, 
is  allowed,  if  credit  is  given 


Press  of 

JUDD  &  DET'WEILER,  Inc. 

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Special  thanks  are  due  the  "National  Geographic  Maga- 
zine" for  valuable  suggestions  and  the  use  of  cuts  and 
photographs.  Thanks  are  also  due  the  Newark  Public 
Library,  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Labor,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, Committee  on  Education  and  Special  Training,  and 
to  various  publishers  and  photographic  companies  for  the 
use  of  photographs.  Edited  by  Joseph  L.  Wheeler, 
Librarian  of  the  Youngstown  Public  Library. 


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BACK  TO  THE 
JOB  AT  HOME 


WHEN  the  pilot  climbs  aboard  ship  in  America's  debark- 
ation harbors,  or  when  orders  come  for  mustering  out 
at  camp,  the  Job  Back  Home  is  about  the  most  inter- 
esting and  vitally  important  subject  that  presents  itself  to  the 
man  in  uniform. 

Even  if  he  knows  just  what  he  wants  to  do,  that  job  may  not 
be  waiting  for  him.  Some  of  the  home  work  is  being  handled  by 
other  men  or  women.  Are  they  all  going  to  step  out  and  welcome 
back  the  men  in  khaki  or  blue?  There  are  bound  to  be  countless 
new  adjustments  for  men  to  make  before  industry,  agriculture, 
and  commerce  are  back  on  regular  schedule. 

Daily  drill  in  camp  will  give  way  to  the  whir  of  machinery, 
the  whistles  of  steamship  and  locomotive,  and  the  round  of  chores 
on  the  farm.  There  won't  be  the  parades  and  the  uniforms,  nor 
the  Captain's  call  to  "Tenshun,"  nor  the  voices  of  comrades  who 
a  few  months  ago  were  helping  make  the  world  safe  for  Democ- 
racy. The  great  piece  of  war  work  is  done  and  the  Nation's  own 
great  work  has  begun  again.  That  is  the  contented  labor  of  a 
hundred  millions  of  free  people  at  their  regular  daily  tasks.  To 
maintain  that  labor  and  to  preserve  that  contentment  means  that 
every  man  must  find  his  place  at  once,  do  his  best  at  it,  and  try 
to  improve  his  own  condition  by  improving  himself. 

As  one  man  back  from  France  well  said  it :  "After  I  got  into 
the  army  I  threw  off  the  old  mental  and  physical  lassitude  that 
had  come  near  making  me  a  vegetable  fit  only  for  the  boiling  pot. 
Then  something  was  born  in  me  and  something  died,  and  I  fought 
as  a  man  can  when  he  is  in  the  best  of  physical  condition  and 
isn't  afraid  of  anything  in  consequence. 

"Now  the  war  is  over,  and  I  must  leave  the  army.  But  I 
want  to  keep  on  fighting.  I  think  it  is  my  duty  to  help  my  country 
in  these  days  just  as  much  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  fighting.  I  am 
willing  to  do  anything  that  will  give  me  fighting — fighting  against 
the  difficulties  of  business  or  professional  life." 


That's  it,  up  and  down  the  line.  Every  man  wants  a  week  or 
two  for  visiting  with  his  friends,  and  then — to  work  again,  with 
new  hopes,  new  ambitions,  and  a  new  faith  in  himself. 

HELPING  UNCLE  SAM  MEANS  ALL  THE  TIME 

The  world  has  seen  enough  of  autocracies  that  control  the 
lives  and  fortunes  of  the  people.  It  has  seen  enough,  too,  of 
the  plots  and  plans  by  which  people  hope  to  rise  by  tearing  down 
everything  else.  Uncle  Sam's  new  army  of  democracy  is  a  hun- 
dred million  men  working  together,  thinking  together,  planning 
together  for  the  things  that  will  make  America  a  better  place  to 
live  in.  To  be  a  soldier  in  the  new  army  is  as  glorious  as  to  have 
been  fighting  in  the  uniform,  and  the  spirit  of  conquest  need  not 
be  lacking. 

THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  BOOK 

The  American  Library  Association,  which  supplied  books  and 
magazines  to  the  soldiers,  sailors,  and  marines  during  the  war, 
has  discovered  that  American  men  read  under  all  circumstances ; 
and  read  all  sorts  of  things. 

While  the  men  were  preparing  themselves  for  the  business  of 
fighting,  the  great  demand  from  the  field  was  for  books  on  mili- 
tary subjects  and  on  technical  subjects  related  to  military  science. 
Of  the  several  hundred  thousand  volumes  purchased  by  the 
A.  L.  A.  the  great  majority  were  books  of  this  kind. 

Now  the  thoughts  of  the  men  are  turning  to  the  home  jobs, 
and  the  American  Library  Association  desires  to  help  the  men 
get  the  books  they  need  about  those  jobs,  just  as  it  helped  them 
to  get  the  books  needed  about  the  war  jobs. 

This  illustrated  book  makes  a  few  suggestions  of  specific  books 
on  certain  subjects — practical  books  written  by  practical  men. 
All  the  books  mentioned  and  scores  of  others  of  the  same  prac- 
tical character  are  available  in  the  camp,  hospital,  public  and 
college  libraries  of  the  country. 


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U.  S.  EMPLOYMENT  SERVICE  POSTER 
In  order  that  every  man  may  find  the  place  for  which  he  is  best  fitted,  the 
Department  of  Labor  has  reorganized  its  Employment  Service  to  meet  the 
needs  of  the  readjustment  period.  During  the  war  this  Service  applied  itself 
to  the  task  of  placing  workers  where  they  could  do  most  toward  defeating 
Prussianism.  Since  the  signing  of  the  armistice  it  has  devoted  itself  to  con- 
necting up  the  jobless  man  and  the  manless  job.  Working  with  the  Council 
of  National  Defense,  the  State  Councils  of  Defense,  and  many  patriotic  or- 
ganizations created  for  war  work,  it  has  established  employment  offices  in  every 
army  camp  and  in  every  community  in  the  country;  and  it  offers  to  every  re- 
turning soldier  the  services  of  an  expert  in  employment  to  help  him  find  his 
proper  place  in  the  industrial  machine. 


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A  Song  of  Triumph 


Work! 

Thank  God  for  the  might  of  it, 

The  ardor,  the  urge,  the  deUght  of  it — 

Work  that  springs  from  the  heart's  desire, 

Setting  the  brain  and  the  soul  on  fire — 

Oh,  what  is  so  good  as  the  heat  of  it, 

And  what  is  so  glad  as  the  beat  of  it. 

And  what  is  so  kind  as  the  stern  command. 

Challenging  brain  and  heart  and  hand? 

Work! 

Thank  God  for  the  pride  of  it. 

For  the  beautiful,  conquering  tide  of  it. 

Sweeping  the  life  in  its  furious  i^ood. 

Thrilling  the  arteries,  cleansing  the  blood, 

Mastering   stupor   and   dull   despair, 

Moving  the  dreamer  to  do  and  dare. 

Oh,  what  is  so  good  as  the  urge  of  it. 

And  what  is  so  glad  as  the  surge  of  it, 

And  what  is  so  strong  as  the  summons  deep. 

Rousing  the  torpid  soul  from  sleep? 

Work! 

Thank  God  for  the  pace  of  it. 

For  the  terrible,  keen,  swift  race  of  it; 

Fiery  steeds  in  full  control, 

Nostrils  a-quiver  to  greet  the  goal. 

Work!  the  power  that  drives  behind. 

Guiding  the  purposes,  taming  the  mind. 

Holding  the  runaway  wishes  back, 

Reining  the  will  to  one  steady  track. 

Speeding  the  energies  faster,  faster, 

Triumphing  over  disaster. 

Oh,  what  is  so  good  as  the  pain  of  it. 

And  what  is  so  great  as  the  gain  of  it? 

And  what  is  so  kind  as  the  cruel  goad. 

Forcing  us  on  through  the  rugged  road? 


Work! 

Thank  God  for  the  swing  of  it. 

For  the  clamoring,  hammering  ring  of  it — 

Passion  of  labor  daily  hurled 

On  the  mighty  anvils  of  the  world. 

Oh,  what  is  so  fierce  as  the  flame  of  it. 

And  what  is  so  huge  as  the  aim  of  it? 

Thundering  on  through  dearth  and  doubt. 

Calling  the  plan  of  the  Maker  out. 

Work,  the  Titan;  Work,  the  friend. 

Shaping  the  earth  to  a  glorious  end. 

Draining  the  swamps  and  blasting  the  hills, 

Doing  whatever  Spirit  wills — 

Rending  a  continent  apart, 

To  answer  the  dream  of  the  Master  heart. 

Thank  God  for  a  world  where  none  may  shirk. 

Thank  God  for  the  splendor  of  work! 

ANGELA   MORGAN. 


Courtesy  of  the  Artist — Elliot  Brewer. 

THE  TRIUMPH  OF  LABOR 
Wheels  and  tracks,  derricks,  signals  and  stacks,  mean  useful  work  done  and 
more  work  waiting  to  be  done  by  American  men. 


Back  to  the  Home  Town 


Back  to  the  home  town,  is  the  word !  The  best 
little  town  in  the  world  is  where  home  is,  whether 
it's  New  York  or  on  the  plains  or  mountains.  That's 
where  the  old  job  waits,  if  one  waits  anywhere. 
No  one  ought  to  know  the  job  quite  so  well  as  the 
man  who  left  it  to  go  to  war.  That's  where  the 
folks  know  a  man  and  want  to  see  him  again.  To 
a  large  extent  the  problem  of  getting  job  and  man 
taken  care  of  would  be  solved  if  every  man  could 
settle  down  in  his  home  town  again,  and  at  his  old 
job. 

To  make  exact  statements,  or  even  general  ones, 
about  the  trades  and  occupations  that  stand  open 
to  great  numbers  of  men,  is  too  dangerous  for  any 
one  but  labor  experts  to  attempt.  Conflicting  re- 
ports and  opinions  can  be  found  in  the  same  day's 
newspaper.  The  United  States  Employment  Bureau 
is  the  central  authority,  gathering  its  information 
as  regularly,  as  quickly,  and  as  accurately  as  can  be 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  and  sending  it  out 
broadcast,  especially  to  the  local  employment  bu- 
reaus which  it  has  established  in  approximately 
nineteen  hundred  cities,  towns,  and  camps. 


Courtesy  Library  of  Congress.  Photograph  by   Grant  Thompson. 

FROM  THE  DEPTHS  OF  THE  EARTH 
The  product  of  the  workers  in  this  Missouri  lead  mine  is  utiUzed  by  count- 
less others.    The  wealth,  the  energy,  the  genius  of  the  nation  is  on  the  farms, 
in  the  mills  and  mines,  and  there  a  welcome  hand  awaits  you. 


Reproduced  by  the  Artist — Gerrit   H.   Beneker,   igio. 

STEADY  NERVES  AND  A  CLEAR  EYE 

High  courage  and  devotion  to  duty  mark  the  structural  steel  worker.  Captain 
of  Industry.  Upon  his  skill  and  care  depend  the  lives  of  those  who  cross 
bridges,  travel  on  the  rails,  and  work  in  high  office  buildings. 


keeps  Posted  on  his  Job 
Gets  th©  Ansvet  in  his  Eiwebfx 

Library  Books  by  Experts  on 

Bu-ildin^  Trades  .Electricity  — 
Machine  Shop  .  Steam  Engines  . 
Inventions All  Technical  Trades 


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"HE  WHO  BY  THE  PLOW  WOULD  THRIVE  HIMSELF  MUST  LORD 
THE  PLOW  OR  DRIVE" 

The  character  of  a  soil's  structure  is  usually  recognized  by  the  farmer  in  a 
practical  way  through  the  manner  in  which  it  behaves  under  the  plow.  "Fer- 
tilizers and  Crops,"  by  Van  Slyke,  presents  facts  giving  practical  methods  for 
using  fertilizers  in  crop  growing. 


Courtesy    National    Geographic    Magazine. 


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SHE  HAS  YOUR  JOB  BACK  HOME 
Maybe  this  girl  has  captured  your  job!     If  she  is  a  competitor,  better  worry, 
but  if  she  is  the   wife-to-be,  there   are   plenty  of  better  things  for  her   than 
milking  cows. 


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THE  OLD  HOMESTEAD 


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ONE  OF  THE  FARMER'S  MONEYMAKERS 
Small    herds    on    eastern    farms    are   increasing   in    number,    because    of   the 
nearness  of  markets  and  the  cheapness  of  land,  especially  in   New  England. 
Coffey's  "Productive  Sheep  Husbandry,"  which  has  taken  an  expert  five  years 
to  write,  is  a  complete  guide. 


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Courtesy  Agricultural   Department. 

WOOL  RAISING  AS  AN  INDUSTRY 


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RUSTLING  THEIR  RATIONS 

Always  at  it  from  morning  until 
night.  Chickens  can  often  be  raised 
around  the  farm  house  with  very 
little  purchased  grain,  and  at  that 
will  furnish  the  golden  eggs. 


A  SCORE  OF  WHITE 
BEAUTIES 

Geese  and  duck  raising  are  at- 
tractive side  lines,  for  the  demand 
for  plump  fowls,  well  dressed,  is 
always  steady,  and  prices  good. 


Courtesy  Agricultural  Department. 

A  FARMYARD  FLOCK 

This  is  about  as  large  a  flock  as  the  average  farmer  finds  time  to  handle. 
The  real  poultryman,  however,  goes  in  on  a  large  scale,  and  needs  to  give 
every  attention  to  the  care  and  condition  of  his  investment.  Lewis's  "Produc- 
tive Poultry  Husbandry"  is  now  in  its  third  edition,  because  of  its  usefulness. 


Courtesy  Agricultural  Department. 

CONTENTED  COWS  FILL  THE  PAIL 


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NURSING  THE  CROP  ALONG 

Things  look  mighty  good  to  the  farmer  when  the  first  blades  of  corn  come 
through  and  he  can  start  cultivating.  In  dry  weather,  keeping  the  soil  fine 
and  loose  on  top  is  worth  a  heavy  rain.  Not  a  weed  here.  At  this  rate  there 
will  be  a  bumper  crop. 


nal  Geographic  Magazine. 
DISC-HARROWING  WITH  MULES   IN  THE  WEST 


Courtesy  National  Geographic  Magazine. 


Photograph  by   M.   L.   Alexander. 


KING   CORN 

The  end  of  the  season  almost  here,  this  man  is  counting  his  profits,  for  only 

bad  luck  can  stand  between  him  and  a  bounteous  harvest.     New  uses  of  corn 

during  the  war  will  continue  a  growing  demand  for  this  crop.     Van  Slyke's 

"Fertilizers  and  Crops"  discusses  the  culture  of  corn  and  the  other  field  crops. 


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Photograph  by  H.  J.   Harvey. 


JUST  ONE  ONION 
But  it  spells  success  for  this  Louisiana  market  gardener,  for  he  has  staked 
his  season's  work  on  such  a  crop  as  this.     Truck  farming  and  hot-bed  culture 
are  the  most  intensive  types  of  agriculture,  with  marketing  as  the  chief  factor 
in  the  profits. 


Abel     &     Company. 
SOME  FARM   BOOKS  WRITTEN  BY  PRACTICAL  FARMERS 

"The  average  man  learns  from  his  own  experience: 
the  wise  man  learns  from  the  experience  of  others." 
Time  was  when  the  "hayseed"  type  of  farmer  called  books  theoretical.  His  type  is  past,  or 
else  the  books  have  become  mighty  practical,  for  the  newer  generation  of  farmers  now  depends 
on  books  and  bulletins  to  keep  on  the  right  road.  Bulletins  of  the  Federal  and  State  Govern- 
ments, as  well  as  the  best  farm  books,  may  be  borrowed  from  most  of  the  5.000  public  libraries 
in  the  United  States,  as  well  as  from  the  libraries  maintained  by  the  American  Library  Asso- 
ciation in  camps   and   hospitals. 


Courtesy  Agricultural   Department. 

LOADS  OF  MONEY 
With  the  present  prices  and  demand  for  fruit  of  all  kinds,  the  orchardist  has  no  fear  of 
overproduction.  The  apple  crop  has  steadily  declined  since  1896.  This  has  been  due  mostly  to 
neglect,  which  is  the  special  temptation  to  the  farmer  who  raises  fruit  as  a  side  line.  Com- 
mercial orcharding  requires  close  attention  all  the  year.  Sears's  "Productive  Orchardino"  is 
written   by  a   practical  fruit   raiser. 


Abel  &    Company. 

SALESMANSHIP 

"Retail  Selling  and  Store  Man- 
agement," by  Nystrom,  explains  the 
problems  that  arise  in  the  retail 
store,  the  final  link  in  the  great 
chain  extending  from  producer  to 
customer.  Knowledge  is  everything 
and  a  man  cannot  go  very  far 
wrong  on  a  subject  he  knows  a  lot 
about. 


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LEARNING   THE    OVERHEAD 
OF  BUSINESS 

In  the  office  one  gets  acquainted 
with  principles  and  methods  of 
management.  Barrett's  book,  "Mod- 
ern Methods  in  the  Office,"  gives 
helpful  suggestions  in  the  routine 
of  office  business. 


BOOKS  ON  BUSINESS 


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A  FINANCIER 

Beginning  in  overalls  as  a  farm 
hand  and  a  machinist  at  $1.35  a  day, 
he  felt  the  need  of  book  knowledge 
so  keenly  that  with  his  own  savings 
and  at  night  he  took  courses  in 
mathematics,  shorthand,  and  eco- 
nomics, and  moved  steadily  from 
shop  foreman  to  newspaper  worker, 
to  financial  editor,  to  secretary  to 
the  head  of  the  Federal  Treasury,  to 
manager  of  the  Government  Span- 
ish war  loan,  to  Vice-President  and 
President  of  the  National  City 
Bank  of  New  York,  and  the  coun- 
try's greatest  authority  on  financial 
matters.  Everywhere  in  his  career 
he  has  used  the  knowledge  gained 
by  other  men  and  written  into 
books.  As  Chairman  of  the  finan- 
cial campaign  for  the  Library  War 
Service  he  has  helped  the  librarians 
of  the  country  in  placing  over  four 
million  books  in  the  hands  of 
America's  fighting  men. 
Mr.  Vanderlip,  in  his  book,  "Business  and  Education,"  says:  "The  thing 
that  the  young  business  man  should  clearly  understand  is  that  a  well- 
directed  course  of  systematic  reading  will  be  of  value  not  so  much  in  help- 
ing him  better  to  do  the  work  he  has  in  hand  as  in  preparing  him  to  do  much 
more  important  work.  The  young  bank  clerk,  whose  duties  are  simple  and  rou- 
tine, may  ask  what  good  it  will  do  him  to  know  the  history  and  provisions  of  the 
national  banking  law.  It  will  do  him  very  little  good  if  he  intends  always  to  be  a 
bank  clerk;  it  may  do  him  a  great  deal  of  good  if  he  hopes  to  be  a  bank  officer. 
Generally  speaking,  he  should  read  along  lines  which  will  give  him  knowledge 
that  his  superiors  ought  to  have,  and  this  will  mean  that  he  is  fitting  himself 
for  better  things. 

If  his  career  is  in  mercantile  lines,  he  should  seek  the  fullest  information 
regarding  his  particular  line  of  business.  The  shoe  salesman  who  will  special- 
ize his  reading  upon  leather  and  leatherworking,  who  will  learn  about  the 
different  processes  of  tanning  and  the  different  methods  of  manufacture,  will 
not  only  be  a  better  judge  of  the  goods  he  is  handling,  but  will  be  better  able 
to  sell  them.  The  bank  clerk  who  will  master  the  history  of  the  development 
of  the  banking  system  may  not  see  the  application  of  that  knowledge  to  his 
daily  task,  but  if  opportunity  some  time  knocks  at  his  door  he  will  be  much 
better  prepared  to  accept  the  burden  of  greater  responsibilities  and  wider 
usefulness." 


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FRANK    A.    VANDERLIP 


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GOLD  ASSAYING 


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THE  SKELETON  OF  AN  OCEAN  CARRIER 

Once  again  the  United  States  is  to  take  her  place  as  one  of  the  leading  mari- 
time nations  of  the  world.  There  is  an  increasing  market  in  foreign  countries 
for  American  products  and  shipyards  call  for  strong  men  experienced  in  a 
variety  of  trades.  "The  Shipbuilding  Industry,"  written  by  Kelly  and  Allen,  has 
the  indorsement  of  the  United  States  Shipping  Board. 


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THE  WIRELESS   MAN 
Wireless   communication  has  proven  its  commercial  value   during  the  oast 
few  years   and   has    developed   rapidly   during   the   war.     "Practical    Wireless 
Telegraphy  "  by  Bucher,  gives  the  student  a  simple  explanation  of  the  bask 
prmciples  of  the  apparatus. 


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BOOKS  ON  RAILROADS  AND  SEA  TRADES 


Copyright  Underwood  &   Underwood. 

THE  TRAIN  DISPATCHER 

"Operation  of  Trains  and  Station 
Work,"  by  Prior,  is  a  practical 
handbook  for  the  train  dispatcher. 


Copyright   Underwood   &   Underwood. 

TIGHTENING  THE  BOLTS 

"Sinclair's  Locomotive  Engine 
Running  and  Management"  was 
written  to  assist  the  engineer  to 
solve  elemental  problems. 


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THE  RAILROAD  IS  LIFE  ITSELF 
Out  of  the  fiery  molten  steel  comes  the  locomotive.  If  you  would  better 
understand  the  iron  horse,  find  your  way  to  any  of  the  great  plants  in  which  he 
is  being  built  or  read  books  which  describe  his  beginning  in  a  factory.  In  the 
drafting  room  each  locomotive  is  given  a  whole  ledger  page — sometimes  two 
or  three— for  specifications.  From  these  specifications  the  young  draftsmen 
take  their  instruction.  They  work  out  their  charts  and  elevations,  their  detailed 
plans;  and  the  ink  is  hardly  dry  upon  their  drawings  before  they  are  whisked 
away  to  the  blue-print  rooms.  The  blue-prints  are  still  damp  when,  in  turn, 
they  are  hurried  to  the  different  construction  shops  of  the  plant.  "The  Modern 
Railroad,"  by  Edward  Hungerford,  gives  an  idea  of  the  involved  detail  of 
railroad  operation. 


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A  CORLISS  ENGINE 

Prof.  R.  H.  Thurston  expresses  the  progress  in  the  realization  of  the  prac- 
tical possibilities  and  economics  from  the  power  of  steam: 

"The  end  of  the  nineteenth  century  is  that  of  one  which  will  always  remain 
pre-eminent  in  history  as  the  age  in  which  the  steam-engine  took  shape  in  the 
hands  of  Watt  and  Sickles  and  Corliss  and  Greene,  of  Porter,  and  their  suc- 
cessors, and  thus  brought  in  the  factory  system  and  all  our  modern  methods 
of  production,  in  the  improvement  of  the  condition  of  the  people,  and  in  all 
the  material  advancement  in  the  industrial  arts  which  has  made  the  century 
distinctively  one  of  supremacy  of  the  mechanic  arts.  The  close  of  the 
century  finds  the  steam-engine,  though  threatened  with  displacement  by  other 
motors,  in  the  view  of  many  writers,  nevertheless  the  great  motor  of  the  age. 
Substantially  all  of  the  power  employed  by  the  civilized  world  is  supplied  by 
this  great  invention— congeries  of  inventions,  rather— the  product  of  a  series 
of  improvements,  of  an  evolution  effected  during  the  hundred  years  or  more 
just  past.  The  limit  to  be  possibly  attained  in  its  development  and  perfection 
will  always  remain  a  subject  of  intense  interest  to  the  profession  and  to  the 
world." 

The  rapid  progress  recently  made  in  steam-turbine  design  has  given  it  a 
leading  position  in  its  special  field  of  usefulness.  We  can  scarcely  realize  the 
fact  of  the  startling  changes  in  the  industrial  and  financial  values  in  all  the 
civilized  world  that  have  occurred  within  our  memory  and  that  have  been  due 
to  education  and  its  bearing  upon  this  inventive  age,  and  in  which  steam,  with 
its  work,  has  been  one  of  the  principal  factors.  "Modern  Steam  Engineering." 
by  Hiscox,  is  a  practical  work. 


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ONE  THOUSAND  HORSE-POWER  DIESEL  ENGINE  POWER  PLANT 
Such  plants  as  these  are  the  backbone  of  the  manufacturing  industries  of 
the  nation.  The  energies  of  thousands  of  men  are  concentrated  on  finding  new 
methods  and  solutions  to  increase  power  while  reducing  costs  and  the  con- 
sumption of  fuel.  "The  Internal  Combustion  Engine  Manual,"  by  Sterling, 
includes  a  good  section  on  the  Diesel  Engine. 


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THE  DRAFTSMAN 
Not   only   the    skill    and   accuracy   of   the   man   with   the    T-square,   but   his 
knowledge   of  engineering  and  his  interest  in   every   detail   of  the   result  are 
called   into  play.     Read    French's  "Engineering   Drawing,"  which  with   other 
books  on  the  subject  will  help  the  man  who  cannot  attend  classes. 


A  GREAT  INVENTOR 

The  career  of  George  Westing- 
house,  one  of  the  greatest  benefac- 
tors of  the  civilized  world,  reads 
like  a  romance.  He  was  one  of  the 
foremost  American  inventors,  from 
the  time  of  his  first  creation  of  the 
rotary  engine  at  the  age  of  fifteen. 
His  father  thought  his  work  was 
"trumpery." 

Although  best  known  as  the  in- 
ventor of  the  automatic  air  brake, 
his  automatic  railway  signal  occu- 
pies an  equally  important  position 
as  a  safe-guard  to  modern  high- 
speed railroading.  He,  too,  was 
the  pioneer,  against  tremendous  op- 
position, in  introducing  into  Amer- 
ica the  alternating  current  machin- 
ery which  has  rendered  possible 
the  transmission  of  electric  power 
for  long  distances,  and  enabled  our 
engineers  to  utilize  valuable  water- 
courses. 

Westinghouse  was  a  constant 
reader.  Late  at  night  he  would  pore  over  books  on  technology,  and  the  current 
magazines  were  a  constant  source  of  inspiration  to  him. 

His  life  is  an  inspiration  for  every  man.  He  fought  his  way  against  every 
obstacle.  Francis  E.  Leupp's  "George  Westinghouse;  His  Life  and  Achieve- 
ments," tells  the  story  in  a  fascinating  way,  and  gives  many  side-lights  on 
industry  and  invention. 


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GEORGE    WESTINGHOUSE 


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ENGINEERS  PREPARING  THEMSELVES 

At  the  Pratt  Institute  Free  Library  at  Brooklyn,  and  in  other  large  libraries, 
special  rooms  are  set  aside  for  ambitious  men  who  wish  to  study  on  their  voca- 
tions. Even  the  village  library  has  some  technical  books,  and  what  it  lacks  may 
be  borrowed  from  other  libraries.  Every  man  has  an  opportunity  to  study,  if  he 
will. 


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SOME  BOOKS  FOR  ENGINEERS 
Books    like    these    have    stood    the    test.      Civil,    mechanical    and    electrical 
engineering  appeal  to  a  million  men,  and  these  books  will  help  them  win  their 
way. 


Underwood  &   Underwood. 


THE   PIONEERS 
The   surveyor  is  the  man  who  prepares   the  way  for  civilization  and  con- 
struction.    If  it  is  for  railroad  work,  read  Raymond's  "Elements  of  Railroad 
Engineering."    There  are  textbooks  on  other  branches  too. 


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THE  ELECTRICAL  WORKERS 
The   electrical   branches    offer   countless   opportunities   for   the   man  with  a 
mechanical    turn.      Power-plant    operation    and    the    application    of    electricity 
to  every  industry  are  treated  in  reliable  books.     Try  Croft's  "Practical  Elec- 
tricity," which  already  has  brought  success  to  thousands  of  men. 


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TRACTOR  FARMING 
Unravelling    the    mysteries    of    engine    and    transmission    is    something    for 
which  the   farmer  must  be   prepared,   as   well   as   the   gasoline   engine    expert 
at  the  factory.     Read  "Tractor   Farming,"  by  J.   H.   Stephenson,   and   Pages 
"Modern  Gasoline  Automobile,"  which  is  especially  good  on  engines. 


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HEADS  TOGETHER  ON  A  MOTOR  JOB 

Very  little  manufacturing  is  now  done  outside  of  factories.  A  specialization 
in  the  manufacture  of  electrical  apparatus,  winding  of  armatures  and  assembly 
of  parts  requires  substantial  reading  of  the  books  that  are  now  available  on 
every  branch  of  electricity. 


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DROP  HAMMER  FORGING  AN  AXLE  FOR  RAILROAD  CAR 

The  hand  that  turns  the  axle  rules  the  commercial  world.  Industry  waits 
upon  the  railroad,  and  the  railroad  waits  upon  the  mill  which  makes  its  equip- 
ment.   Study  Bradley  Stoughton's  "Metallurgy  of  Iron  and  Steel." 


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Photograph   from    Carnegie    Steel    Co. 


THE   BUSINESS    END    OF   A    GIANT    BLAST   FURNACE 

At  the  top  it  takes  in  coke  and  ore  and  limestones  and  turns  loose  two 
streams  of  molten  material  at  the  base.  It  is  a  large,  circular,  silo-shaped  affair, 
some  90  feet  high,  kept  going  day  and  night,  Sunday  and  Christmas  alike,  year 
;n  and  year  out,  when  it  does  not  give  way  under  the  strain. 


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THIRTY  TONS  OF  MOLTEN  STEEL 

Into  this  gigantic  bucket  pours  the  white  stream  of  melted  metal  from  the 
blast  furnace.  Skilled  workers,  alert  to  every  factor  in  the  condition  of  the 
steel,  tap  it  into  the  molds  on  httle  cars,  and  from  here  it  goes  to  the  rolling 
mills,  where  it  is  formed  into  plates,  bars,  and  rails.  Read  Johnson's  "Blast 
Furnace  Construction"  or  Gray's  "Foundry  Work." 


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THE  STEEL  WORKER 


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BOOKS  FOR  MINE  AND  METAL  WORKERS 
Written  by  practical  men  who   have  spent  their  Uves  in   these  specialties. 
Such  books  show  recent  practice  and  are  illustrated  by  pictures  and  diagrams. 


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FRED   T.    HODGSON 


"WHO  SAYS  BOOKS  ARE  NOT 
PRACTICAL?" 

Fred  T.  Hodgson,  "The  Grand  Old 
Man  of  Carpentry,"  spent  his  early 
years  at  the  trade  and  wrote  books 
about  it  that  have  been  read  by  thou- 
sands of  men.  Picture  him  at  your 
elbow,  advising  and  pointing  out 
better  methods  and  giving  you  his 
best  thought  and  knowledge.  In  his 
book,  "Modern  Carpentry,"  he  says: 
"While  it  is  not  absolutely  necessary 
that,  to  become  a  good  mechanic,  a 
man  must  need  be  a  good  scholar  or 
be  well  advanced  in  mathematics  or 
geometry,  yet.  if  a  man  be  proficient 
in  these  sciences,  they  will  be  a  great 
help  to  him  in  aiding  him  to  accom- 
plish his  work  with  greater  speed  and 
more  exactness  than  if  he  did  not 
know  anything  about  them." 
The  carpenter  has  always  been  a  worker  in  wood  and  probably  will  always 
be  so,  unless  we  are  so  foolish  as  to  neglect  the  newer  art  of  Forestry  to  such 
an  extent  that  in  the  course  of  time 
we  have  no  wood  wherein  to  work 
and  with  which  to  build  and  decorate 
our  habitations.  The  building  and  the 
decoration  of  houses  and  other  struc- 
tures has  always  been  the  special  con- 
tribution of  the  carpenter  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  community,  and  this  fea- 
ture has  distinguished  him  from  other 
woodworkers,  such  as  carriage-build- 
ers, shipbuilders,  coopers,  and  makers 
of  various  implements.  But  whereas 
the  carpenter  formerly  did  all  the 
work  connected  with  the  building  or 
decoration  of  the  structure,  he  now 
performs  only  a  small  part  of  it.  At 
one  time  he  was  called  upon  to  pre- 
pare the  rough  lumber  for  framing,  erect  the  building,  make  the  doors  and 
windows,  together  with  their  frames,  and  then  make  and  put  in  place  all  the  out- 
side and  inside  finish,  even  including  the 
■eM||  ^^'^li  furniture.      In   these   days,   however,   fac- 

JlWl  t.'^'-    ^^^  'x    tories  are  doing  a  great  deal  of  this  work, 

ijJI vi^^^l^^B^^    ■  ^"'^^    ^^    *^^    manufacture    of    doors    and 

flHl#^  yim^^^'l    window    sash,    interior    finish,    furniture. 

^Hlv^ — jf-   |3^^^l||  etc..  and  the  lumber  which  was  formerly 

I^B '"^ta^^U^*    p^    yilV  1 1    prepared    by    hand    is    now    sawed,    cut. 

^^L       ^  jr^.^:^^^i'    I  planed,  molded,  and  even  sandpapered  by 

^  -^-^  *^'  ^  ^  machinery,  leaving  for  the  carpenter  the 

preparation  of  the  framing  of  such  build- 
ings as  are  not  large  enough  to  be  built 
of  brick,  stone,  or  steel,  and  the  putting 
in  place  at  the  building  of  the  exterior 
and  interior  finish  which  has  previously 
been  made  ready  so  far  as  possible  at 
the  factory.  The  old-time  joiner  has 
given  way  to  the  modern  cabinet-maker 
or  the  factory  woodworker,  and  his  plane, 
saw,  and  chisel  have  been  replaced  by 
electrically-driven  machinery  of  the  plan- 
ing mill  and  the  door  factory.  Neverthe- 
less, the  principles  upon  which  the  art 
of  carpentry  is  based  have  not  changed, 
and  we  still  use  the  formulas  and  profit 
by  the  wisdom  which  has  come  down  to 
us  from  our  fathers. 


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The  history  of  concrete  is  a  history 
of  an  ancient  and  highly  developed  art, 
long  lost  and  forgotten  during  the 
dark  centuries  of  the  middle  ages,  and 
having  a  new  awakening  and  renais- 
!-ance  nearly  two  thousand  years  later. 
Some  of  the  costly  and  magnificent 
structures  of  concrete  built  by  the 
Romans  during  the  period  of  their 
supremacy  still  remain  as  time-defy 
ing  evidence  of  their  great  skill  as 
constructors,  and  as  monuments  to 
the  utilitarian  character  of  their  art. 
As  a  seed  planted  in  an  arid  soil 
springs  to  life  at  the  first  visiting  of  rain,  so  has  concrete  been  born  anew  m 
the  twentieth  century  when  the  state  of  industrial  and  constructive  art  became 
favorable  to  its  development;  and  with  such  new  life  it  has  reached  a  much 
higher   state    of    development,    and    attained    a   wider   application    and    a    more 

permanent  place  in  our  civilization  than 
was  ever  dreamed  of  by  our  Roman  prede- 
cessors. Our  ancestors  progressed  from 
the  Stone  Age  to  the  Iron  Age;  we  seem 
to  be  passing  from  the  Steel  Age  to  the 
Cement  Stone  or  Concrete  Age.  We  tread 
on  concrete  walks,  travel  in  concrete  sub- 
ways, over  concrete  bridges,  live  and  work 
in  concrete  buildings,  store  our  grain  in 
I  ■l^^^^na  I  xl  saKIT  mi  concrete  elevators,  draw  our  water  from 
f.   U^^^VH   u^lJH^  ^Sm  ^'  S       concrete    reservoirs   and   cisterns,    sanitate 

our  cities  with  concrete  sewers,  and  are 
finally  buried  in  concrete  cases  deposited  in 
concrete  tombs,  and  our  numerous  virtues 
are  inscribed  on  concrete  monuments. 

It  is  certainly  well  that  the  development 
of  concrete  has  come  at  a  time  when  our 
rapidly  disappearing  forests  have  given 
serious  alarm  as  to  our  future  supply  of 
timber,  and  what  a  boon  the  concrete  in- 
dustry will  be  to  humanity  and  civilization 
throughout  the  world  cannot  be  appre- 
ciated so  well  today  as  it  will  be  years 
hence  when  the  supply  of  timber  has  fallen 
far  below  the  normal  requirement.  The 
use  of  concrete,  simple  and  reinforced,  is 
already  reducing  the  consumption  of  structural  steel.  The  materials  for  cement 
and  concrete  abound  in  every  part  of  the  country;  and  while  the  arts  of  making 
and  using  them  are  still  in  their  infancy,  the  products  promise  to  become 
superior  to  steel  and  stone  in  strength,  durability  and  convenience,  and  economy 
and  use. 

We  can  prophesy  that  future  ages 
will  be  grateful  to  the  present  one  for 
the  renaissance  of  concrete,  for  with 
it,  as  time  goes  on,  will  come  more 
beauty  in  our  structures,  more  health- 
ful conditions  of  life  resulting  from 
the  sanitary  nature  of  the  material, 
more  buildings  of  historic  fame,  and 
temples  far  more  creditable  to  our 
architecture;  for  when  the  present 
monumental  structures  of  timber, 
steel,  and  iron  shall  have  succumbed 
to  the  corroding  hand  of  Time,  our 
concrete  structures,  built  of  more  en- 
during stuff,  will  still  live  and  endure 
to  tell  the  story  of  the  rebirth  of  con- 
crete in  the  Twentieth  Century.  The 
"Popular  Handbook  for  Cement  and 
Concrete  Users,"  by  Lewis  and 
Chandler,  gives  the  kinds  of  cement 
and  how  they  are  made. 


PLUMBING 


THE    MAN    AT   THE   ANVIL 


VOCATIONAL  BOOKS 


The  following  books  have  been  supplied  to  transports,  hospitals,  and 
camp  libraries  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the  volume  "Your  Job 
Back  Home." 


RAILROAD  AND  SEA  TRADES 

ngine    running    and    management 


Locomotive   e 

Men   on   deck 

Modern    seamanship 

Navigation 

Practical    exporting 

Practical    wireless    telegraphy 

Principles   of   ocean    transportation 

Operation   of   trains 

Shipbuilding    industry 

Telegraphy    self-taught 


Sinclair 

Ki^senburg 

Knight 

Jacoby 

Hough 

Bircher 

Johnson  &  Huebner 

Prior 

Kelly    &    Allen 

Edison 


ENGINEERING 


Construction  of  roads  and  pavements 

Elements  of  railroad  engineering 

Engineering  drawing 

Engineering  as  a  career 

Gas  engine  troubles  and  installation 

Internal  combustion  engine  manual 

Modern  gasoline   automobile,  its  design,   construction,   mam- 

tenance,  and  operation 
Modern  steam  engineering 
Practical  electricity 
Steel  construction 

MINING   AND   METAL  TRADES 


Agg 

Raymond 

French 

Newell 

Rathbun 

Sterling 


Page 
Hiscox 
Croft 
Burt 


Blast  furnace  construction 

Chats  on  steel 

Foundry  work 

Machine  shop  practice 

Metallurgy 

New  tinsmith's  helper  and  pattern  b 

Principles  of  mining 

Textbook  of  advanced  machine  work 


AGRICULTURE 


Farm    management 

Fertilizers  and  crops 

Garden  farming 

Productive  dairying 

Productive  orcharding 

Productive  poultry  husbandry 

Productive  sheep  husbandry 

Traction  farming 

Types  and  breeds  of  farm  animals 


ARTISAN  TRADES 


Carpentry 

Cement  worker's  handbook 

Complete  modern  carpentry  and  joinery 

Modern  blacksmithing 

Modern  plumbing 

Photography 

Printing 

Steam  and  hot  water 

Woodworking    for    secondary    schools 


Johnson 

Spring 

Gray 

Kaup 

Stoughton 

Williams 

Hoover 

Smith 


Coffey 

Van  Slyke 

Corbett 

Washburn 

Sears 

Lewis 

Coffey 

Stephenson 

Plumb 


Townsend 

Lewis 

Hodgson 

Holstrom 

Starbuck 

Roebuck 

Henry 

King 

Griffith 


Business  employments 

Occupations 

Vocational  guidance 

Young    man    and    his    vocation 


Advertising  and  selling 

Bookkeeping  complete 

Business  letters 

How  to  deal  with  huma 

Newspaper  writing 

Practical    work    of    a    bank 

Retail  selling 

Retail  selling  and  store  management 


VOCATIONS 


BUSINESS 


ture  in  business 


Allen 

Gowin  &  Wheatley 

Brewster 

Harris 


Hollingworth 

Miner 

Gardner 

Cody 

Bleyer 

Kniffin 

Fisk 

Nystrom 


Every  Man's  Job 

Is  to  Be  a 

Good  Citizen 

These  books  on  timely  topics 

are  selected  and 

supplied  by  the  American 

Library  Association  to  supplement  the  lectures  given  in  the  camps  by  the 

welfare  organizations.     They  are  of  interest  to 

men  who   plan  to  make 

good  at  their  work  and  who  feel  that  they  wish  to  take  a  citizen's  part 

in  their  own  local  and  national 

government. 

THE 

JOB  AHEAD 

Finding  the  Work 

Business  employments 

Allen 

Occupations 

Gowin  &  Wheatley 

Profitable  vocations  for  boys 

Weaver 

Vocational  guidance  for  the  professions 

Brewster 

Young    man    and    his   vocation 

Harris 

Bulletins 

U.  S.  Employment  Service 

Publications 

U.  S.  Federal  Board  for 
Vocational  Education 

Working  the  Find 

Making  good 

Paris 

Proverbs 

Modern  Reader's  Bible 

Succeeding  with  what  you  have 

Schwab 

Success  in  business 

Rose 

Training  for  efficiency 

Marden 

What  men  live  by 

Cabot 

A  COUNTRY  PROSPEROUS                                                          | 

National  Prosperity 

How  the  world  makes  its  living 

McPherson 

Industry  and  trade 

Bishop  &  Keller 

Principles  of  wealth  and  welfare 

Raper 

Principles  of  economics 

Seager 

Individual   Prosperity 

Money;  what  it  is  and  how  to  use  it 

Hayward 

How  to  get  ahead 

Atwood 

Work,  wages  and  profits 

Gantt 

Cost  of  living 

Clark 

Agriculture  the  Basis 

Lure  of  the  land 

Wiley 

New   business    of    farming 

Dimock 

New  earth 

Harwood 

Principles  of  agriculture 

Bailey 

A    COUNTRY 

WELL    GOVERNED 

World  Issues  in  Government 

Real   business    of   living 

Tufts 

World  war  issues  and  ideas 

Speare  &  Norris 

Democracy  vs.  autocracy 

Geiser 

Governments  of  Europe 

Ogg 

American  Ideals  in  Government 

American   spirit 

Monroe  &  Miller 

North    American    idea 

Macdonald 

My  country 

Turkington 

Preparing  for  citizenship 

Guitteau 

Civics  for  new  Americans 

Hill  &  Davis 

Elementary  civics 

McCarthy 

Use  your  government 

Franc 

Value  of  an  Education 

Why  go  to  college 

Cooper 

College   and    the    man 

Jordan 

Money  values  of  education   (Bulletin 

No.   22,   1917I 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education 

Fifty  Good  Books  Which  Every  One  Likes 

This  list  is  offered  in  the  belief  that  every  book  is  a  favorite  and  well 
worth  reading. 


FICTION 

Adventures  of  Sherlock 

Doyle 

Light  of  western  stars 

Grey 

Holmes 

Little  Shepherd  of  King- 

Ben  Hur 

Wallace 

dom  Come 

Fox 

Call  of  the  wild 

London 

Lorna    Doone 

Blackmore 

Caleb  West 

Smith 

Luck   of   Roaring   Camp 

Harte 

Captains  courageous 

KipHng 

Les   Miserables 

Hugo 

Cloister  and   the  hearth 

Reade 

Mr.  Pratt 

Lincoln 

Conquest    of    Canaan 

Tarkingto 

1                   Prisoner   of  Zenda 

Hawkins 

Count  of  Monte  Cristo 

Dumas 

Right    of   way 

Parker 

Crisis 

Churchill 

Shepherd    of    the    hills 

Wright 

David    Copperfield 

Dickens 

Tale  of  two  cities 

Dickens 

Fortunate    youth 

Locke 

Three    Musketeers 

Dumas 

Gallagher  and  other  stories 

Davis 

To  have  and  to  hold 

Johnston 

Honorable  Peter  Stirling 

Ford 

Treasure  Island 

Stevenson 

In  our  town 

White 

Tom  Sawyer 

Twain 

Ivanhoe 

Scott 

Virginian 

Wister 

John    Halifax,   gentleman 

Craik 

Westward!    Ho! 

Kingsley 

Last  of  the   Mohicans 

Cooper 

Leavenworth   case 

Green 

Autobiography 

Everyday  life  of  Abraham  Lincoln 

Making  of  an  American 

Promised  land 

Sailor's  log 

Story  of  my  life 


BIOGRAPHY 

Theodore  Roosevelt 

F.  F.  Browne 

Jacob   Riis   (an  immigrant  social  worker) 

Mary  Antin   (a  Jewish  immigrant) 

Robley  D.  Evans  (an  admiral  of  the  U.  S.   Navy) 

Helen   Keller   (deaf,   dumb,  and  blind) 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Adventures  in  contentment   Grayson 
Essays  of  Elia  Lamb 

Fighting   fleets  Paine 

Golden  treasury  of  verse     Palgrave 
Life   on   the   Mississippi        Twain 
Macbeth  Shakespeare 


Oregon  trail 

Parkman 

Our  nation  in  the  making 

Nicolay 

Vagabond  journey  around 

the  world 

Franck 

What  men  live  by 

Cabot 

A  printed  list  of  all  the  books  mentioned  in  this  volume  can  be  obtained 
from  the  person  in  charge  of  any  camp  or  hospital  library,  or  from  any 
other  A.  L.  A.  representative.  The  list  will  be  sent  by  mail  if  a  request 
is  addressed  to  the  American  Library  Association  at  any  of  the  following 
addresses: 

Library    of   Congress,    Washington,    D.    C. 

78  East  Washington  St..  Chicago. 

10  rue  de  I'Elysee,  Paris. 


How  to  Get  the  Books 


Every  man  in  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine  Corps,  no  matter  where 
in  the  world  he  is  stationed,  will  find  that  the  American  Library  Asso- 
ciation has  followed  him  with  books,  or  is  willing  to  follow  him,  if  by 
any  chance  he  has  been  overlooked. 

OVERSEAS: 

Many  of  the  books  mentioned  in  this  volume  are  in  the  libraries  pro- 
vided by  the  A.  L.  A.  for  the  A.  E.  F.  In  addition  to  these  libraries, 
the  A.  L.  A.  has  placed  collections  of  books  in  Red  Cross,  Salvation 
Army,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  other  welfare  buildings.  If  a  particular  book 
cannot  be  found  in  one  of  these  collections,  a  request  for  it  should  be 
addressed  by  mail  to  the  American  Library  Association,  lo  rue  de 
I'Elysee,  Paris,  France.  The  book  will  be  sent  by  return  mail,  free  of 
charge,  to  keep  for  one  month,  to  any  man  of  the  American  Expeditionary 
Forces. 

ON  TRANSPORTS: 

Small  collections  of  books  are  maintained  by  the  A.  L.  A.  on  returning 
transports.  Every  transport,  equipped  with  a  library  in  an  American 
port,  is  supplied  with  at  least  some  of  the  books  mentioned  in  this 
publication. 

IN  AMERICAN  CAMPS: 

In  each  of  the  large  American  camps,  the  A.  L.  A.  maintains  its  own 
library  building,  with  thousands  of  books  under  the  care  of  librarians. 
In  addition,  books  supplied  by  the  A.  L.  A.  will  be  found  in  the  buildings 
of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  K.  of  C,  and  other  organizations.  In  these  large 
camps,  practically  any  important  book  can  be  secured  from  the  camp 
library;  if  it  is  not  on  the  shelves  a  copy  will  be  obtained.  In  small  camps, 
there  are  no  library  buildings,  but  books  are  supplied  by  the  A.  L.  A.  to 
the  Camp  Headquarters,  Chaplains,  or  welfare  organizations.  Applica- 
tion should  be  made  to  them  for  special  books  desired. 


IN  HOSPITALS: 

In  the  hospitals,  the  A.  L.  A.  has  placed  thousands  of  books.  The 
library  usually  has  quarters  in  the  Red  Cross  House  or  in  the  building 
of  some  other  organization.  In  many  hospitals  there  is  a  separate 
A.  L.  A.  reading  room  where  a  man  may  study  in  quiet.  Books  are 
brought  to  men,  confined  to  bed,  by  the  hospital  librarian  and  her  assist 
ants,  who  go  through  the  wards  to  determine  the  particular  book  each 
patient  desires. 


AFTER  LEAVING  THE  SERVICE: 

There  are  approximately  5,000  public  libraries  in  the  United  States. 
The  larger  libraries  maintain  special  departments  to  meet  the  requests 
of  men  interested  in  agriculture,  industry,  and  commerce.  Practically 
any  technical  book  can  be  borrowed. 

The  smaller  libraries,  while  not  so  well  equipped,  will  be  glad  to  con- 
sider the  purchase  of  books  that  have  been  mentioned.  If  funds  do  not 
permit  the  purchase,  the  small  library  will  be  able  to  borrow  the  desired 
book  from  the  State  Library,  Library  Commission,  or  from  some  other 
source  within  the  State. 


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